Aerial projectile toy



Feb. 16 1926.

Y M. D. LOVE AERIAL PROJBG'IILE TOY Filed Oct. 20. 1924 MQWY/ z). 17 ave,

INVENTOR ATTdRNEv Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

MERRILL 1). LOVE, or Lo'siirqennns, CALIFORNIA.

AERIAL PROJECTILE TOY.

Application filed October 20, 1924. Serial No. 744,833.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MERRILL D. Love, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angcles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Aerial Projectile Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys of the aerial projectile type.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a toy capable of producing harmless interesting amusement, and is in the nature of a rebounding object formed to simulate an aeroplane and having means to be held by a player, that when the object is thrown it will be returned by said means, therefore the player can repeat the operation of his amusement as long as desired, thus it will be seen that the toy will provide light exercise without danger of strain or fatigue.

Another object is to provide a toy in the nature of an aeroplane constructed of pliable material with a view of preventing'injury to objects if the toy should come in contact therewith during its flight.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the sev' eral views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustrating the method of operating the toy.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the toy per Figure 3 is a front view thereof.

Figure 4 is a top plan view.

Referring to the drawing in detail the letter A indicates the player amusing himself through the medium of the toy forming the subject matter of the present invention.

The toy consists of an object formed to simulate an aeroplane having a fuselage or body 1 elongated in formation and which is provided with wings 2 tapering from the 0pposite sides thereof adjacent the front. Rising from the body portion in advance of the wings are a plurality of studs 3 arranged in row formation to simulate the cylinders of an aeroplane engine. Extending from the opposite side of the body adjacent the rear end thereof are substantially V-shaped balancing wings 4; and rising from the top of the body in align between the wings'l is a similar shaped projection 5 to simulate a rudder. These parts being integrally formed with the body and together therewith are constructed from pliable material such as rubber thereby preventing injury to objects which may come in contact therewith during the operation of the toy which will be presently described. The recess 6 extends upwardly from the bottom. of the bodyportion at a point adjacent the wings at and has its upper end restricted to form an opening 7 through. which is passed an elastic cord 8, having its end 9 knotted to be received in the recess to provide adequate seourement of the cord to the body as clearly shown in Fig ure 2 of the drawings. The free 'end 10 of the elastic cord is adapted to be held by the player who may toss the aeroplane in flying formation into the air as suggested by Figure 1. The aeroplane being secured to the elastic cord by its knotted end will be returned to the. play-er by the rebound of the elasticity of the cord as will be readily apparent, so that the operation may be repeated as desired to the amusementof the player. It should be noted that the wings 2 of the aeroplane are tapered as above set forth whereby there is suiiicient material at the point of connection with the body portion to adequately secure them in place, yet the ends of the wings are reduced so that they will be extremely flexible at this point to prevent any injury to objects which they may. come in contact therewith.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the con'ibination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is: i

A toy formed from a. pliable material to simulate an aeroplane and consisting of an elongated body, studs rising from the upper front end of said body in row formation to simulate engine cylinders, wings extending from the body, said body being provided with a recess extending upwardly therein adjacent the rearend thereof, said recess communicating With an opening of smaller diameter than the recess and extending through said body, an elastic cord having a knotted end received in said recess, and said elastic cord passing through said opening and adapted to be grasped by the operator 10 of the toy for controlling the same.

.i Intestimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

MERRILL D. LOVE. 

